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4: Timur Kuran - The Economics of Revolution and Mass Deception

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I Don't Know What I'm Trying to Say About Turkey

My paternal grandfather fought in the ottoman army and then in the turkish war of independence. He spent some time as an officer as a british prisoner, came to appreciate the e the strength of western society. Was, to the end of his life, a committed westernizer, as was my father, as were all my close relatives. I didnt i grew up in a milier where people didn't falsify their preferences. People were truthtuby. The people supported the government,. supported the government, supported the direction of the country because they approved of this.

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